A great win away in the 1st leg of a playoff final could be vital for Notts. It was a hard fought win in the end.

So who stands out for you today for Notts. I have chosen the starting 11 for you to make your choice. Those players are,

Belshaw, Ness, McDonald, Bedeau, Tsaroulla, Norburn, Robertson, Jones, Iorpenda, Luker, Jatta.

A lot of players had very good games.

I'll give my vote to McDonald @Robbie. A real Captain's performance at the back and such a calming influence with his steady play. He was very much in charge back there.

Iorpenda, Jones, Luker, Tsaroulla, Belshaw Robertson did really well too IMO

I think McDonald takes it for me too, he barely put a foot wrong all match.

The whole team put a shift in this evening and deserve credit for the performance. Standout for me was as @theAnticlough and @menzinho said Macdonald gave a captains performance and for me was the glue keeping the team together. All together a truly positive performance and a good lead to take back to Meadow Lane. COYP 👏

McDonald had a great game, along with Robertson, Iorpenda, Tsauroulla and Belshaw but my vote goes to Luker who scored the winning goal and looked dangerous going forward.

I think it was a great team effort to get a positive result in this playoff 1st leg. I think the Notts defence played particularly well, & Luker is returning the confidence that Notts had with him when he became injured, but Notts were prepared to wait for him to recover.

But my choice is Tom Iorpenda who was once again so influential for Notts.

When the penalty was awarded, I thought here we go again. Then when we scored first, I thought it’s only a matter of time before they equalise and go on to win. But we held firm did a professional job in a good first leg played away situation. At the heart of that performance was Rod McDonald. He’s my MOTM.

For me, it was between Rod McDonald and Jayden Luker and I think at different times upon reflection I might be tempted to choose differently. McDonald was brilliant at the back, I think all were but maybe Lucas Ness was a bit clumby and the player Chesterfield caused more trouble with. Jacob Bedau deserves a shout out, as does Nick Tsaroulla.

However, I went with Luker because I remember saying how I failed to see where he fit in upon his return and whilst he's done okay. Excelled at times, and otherwise been invisible in spells, there's no denying he's a work horse.

I felt sorry for him that the Sky pundits seemed to single him out all the time, very rarely saying anything positive and focusing too much praise on Tom Iorpenda (who was good) and Jodi Jones (acceptable but not his best). The female commenator got on my nerves describing the Chesterfield keeper as "There was absolutely nothing he could have done there". Except for using his hand? Or kick the ball?

Weak keeping, poor positioning... Then saying that Luker was "lucky" to be where he was, whilst the shot wasn't exactly difficult it still went in. If you praise the keeper, and call the scorer lucky, you undermine your whole point. Luker did exceptionally well to get on to the ball, and strike it towards goal even if it was straight at the Chesterfield keeper. Who probably should have wore different "boots". I am going to have a field day with some of their players names come Friday. 😀